Archive for April, 2010

Thank you so much to everyone who cast their ballot for me as Town’s Terrific-estTJfor theBarFly Awards . . . I won! This title means so much to me because it is you people who play the quizzery who awarded it to me. Sorry I didn’t send out a reminder message on Sunday, as I said I would, but the internet service atEast Burnpooped out on me, and I had to get to the BarFly Awards already. But rest assured that your vote counts in spirit, even if it didn’t actually make it to the polls! Cedar is also thrilled to have won the Funniest Bartender Award. He really earned it too, with his spectacular, friendly service atSewickly’s . . . AND with his fig leaf!

You get a bonus quiz this week, folks – tomorrow night (Sat. April 17th), I am hosting a TriviologyFundraiserforPSU Education Abroad(to aid the elderly in Nicaragua). Come to Schmizza Pub & Grub (415 SW Montgomery) for the happy hour prices, and stay for the quizzery, which starts at 6:30. The charge will be $5 per person to play, which of course goes straight to the PSU program. It should be lots o’ fun – there will be karaoke after the trivia! Also, I will be volunteering at theBridgetown Comedy Festivalnext weekend, which was found by Andy Wood ofDr. Spaceman. Tickets are on sale now, and there are LOTS of interesting comedians on the schedule – I’m most excited about Conan O’Brien’s writing staff!

Oregonians, you may be aware that this year marks the silver anniversary of the local epic action-adventure-romance-comedy-thriller that we like to call The Goonies! In honor of this momentous cinematic masterpiece, I have chosen it as the topic of my next lunar quiz at Peter’s! Mark those calendars for Saturday, May 1st, with 7:00 as go-time. The official 25th anniversary event in Astoria isn’t until June, so there should be no conflict with your adventuring. Meanwhile . . . Never Say Die!

TheBarFly Awardsare this Sunday, and at the risk of sounding like Veruca Salt – I want a Golden BarFy! Sure, it’s an honor just to be nominated for Town’s Terrific-estTrivia Jockey, but I also want glory . . . in the form of a shiny trophy! I would love a vote from you – here’s how it works. Ballots are cast by text – standard rates apply, so if it’s free for you to text, then your vote will also be free. You can only vote once per category, though you may vote in as many categories as you wish.

This Sunday, April 11th, between 8 PM & 10 PM . . .

TEXT THIS: barfly 9d

TO THIS NUMBER: 41411

There is indeed a space between the word “barfly” and my code, “9d”. If you want to vote in multiple categories, just leave a space between my code and the next one. For example, maybe you also want to vote for Cedar ofSewickly’s, and not just because he’s nominated for Funniest Bartender, but also because he gives fast and incredibly friendly service to Tuesday night Triviologists. In this case, you wil text : barfly 9d 2a

You can even do a test text now (I just did!), it’s just that votes won’t start counting until Sunday at 8. You will receive a return text which states “U voted 4 Shannon Donaldson, ‘Shanrock’s Triviology’” as confirmation, and the deed is done! Please pass along this information to anyone you know that would be interested in giving me a shout-out. It may be silly that I want this title and trophy so bad, but I do! I love to make the trivia, and it would be ever so grand to win an honor for it. Frankly, it would also be kinda embarrassing to lose in a category whose title I invented (trivia jockey). Check out the complete list of nominees and instructions here. In fact, let me know if you recommend any other nominees, because most of my votes are up for grabs, since I’m not familiar with many of these people. As soon as the voting opens, I will send out a reminder message on this newsletter, on my Facebook page (& myTriviology group page), on Twitter, and post it onShanRocksTrivia.com – basically I’m gonna blitz it!

A group of people who are already basking in the glory of a fresh win areThe Moops! They took the night at Saturday’s Seinfeld quiz . . . and a barful of Soup Nazis, Genghis Khanstandyas, Van Buren Boys, and especially the runners-up,Yadda Yadda Yadda, really made them work for it! I will post pictures as soon as possible (my hard drive crashed, so my computer is MIA for now). Check out details on my nextlunar quizand an upcoming fundraiser below . . .